1984 Kansas City Royals season explained

Kansas City Royals
Season:	1984
Misc:	American League West Champions
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Royals Stadium
City:	Kansas City, Missouri
Record:	84–78 (.519)
Divisional Place:	1st
Owners:	Ewing Kauffman
General Managers:	John Schuerholz
Managers:	Dick Howser
Television:	WDAF-TV 4 (Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White) Sports Time (Phil Stone, Dwayne Mosley)
Radio:	WIBW–AM 580 KCMO–AM 810 (Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1984 Kansas City Royals season was their 16th in Major League Baseball. The Royals won the American League West with a record of 84–78, but lost to the eventual World Series champion Detroit Tigers 3–0 in the ALCS. Dan Quisenberry's 44 saves paced the American League.

Offseason

October 17, 1983: Eric Rasmussen was released by the Royals.^[1]
December 8, 1983: Mike Armstrong and Duane Dewey (minors) were traded by the Royals to the New York Yankees for Steve Balboni and Roger Erickson.^[2]
December 8, 1983: Joe Beckwith was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Szekeley (minors), John Serritella (minors) and José Torres (minors).^[3]
January 17, 1984: Steve Carter was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.^[4]
March 31, 1984: Don Werner and Derek Botelho were traded by the Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Alan Hargesheimer.^[5]

Regular season

September 17, 1984: Reggie Jackson of the California Angels hit the 500th home run of his career against the Royals.^[6] It was the 17th anniversary of the day he hit his first home run. Jackson hit his 500th, at Anaheim Stadium off Bud Black of the Royals.

Notable transactions

May 10, 1984: Dane Iorg was purchased by the Royals from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[7]

Roster

1984 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
Pitchers	CatchersInfielders	OutfieldersOther batters	ManagerCoaches

Game log

Regular season

|-style=background:#bbb| — || April 17 || || @ Tigers || colspan=8 | Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: April 19)|-style=background:#fbb| 11 || April 18 || 6:35p.m. CST || @ Tigers || 3–4 || Hernández (1–0) || Beckwith (0–1) || – || 3:02 || 12,310 || 5–6 || L3|-style=background:#cfc| 12 || April 19 || 12:30p.m. CST || @ Tigers || 5–2 || Saberhagen (1–0) || Petry (2–1) || Quisenberry (5) || 2:27 || 12,100 || 6–6 || W1|-|-style=background:#fbb| 25 || May 7 || 7:35p.m. CDT || Tigers || 3–10 || Berenguer (2–1) || Gubicza (0–3) || Bair (2) || 3:02 || 19,474 || 9–16 || L5|-style=background:#fbb| 26 || May 8 || 7:35p.m. CDT || Tigers || 2–5 || Morris (6–1) || Black (3–2) || – || 2:35 || 14,304 || 9–17 || L6|-style=background:#fbb| 27 || May 9 || 7:35p.m. CDT || Tigers || 1–3 || Petry (5–1) || Jackson (0–4) || López (4) || 2:48 || 15,709 || 9–18 || L7|-|-|-style=background:#bbbfff|colspan="12"|55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA|-|-style=background:#cfc| 107 || August 3 || 6:35p.m. CDT || @ Tigers || 9–6 || Saberhagen (5–8) || Wilcox (11–7) || Quisenberry (28) || 2:37 || 39,480 || 51–56 || W1|-style=background:#cfc| 108 || August 4 || 1:15p.m. CDT || @ Tigers || 9–5 || Beckwith (4–2) || Bair (4–3) || – || 2:57 || 41,714 || 52–56 || W2|-style=background:#cfc| 109 || August 5 || 12:30p.m. CDT || @ Tigers || 5–4 || Saberhagen (6–8) || Hernández (6–1) || Quisenberry (29) || 2:57 || N/A || 53–56 || W3|-style=background:#cfc| 110 || August 5 || 4:02p.m. CDT || @ Tigers || 4–0 || Leibrandt (6–4) || Berenguer (5–8) || – || 2:37 || 42,761 || 54–56 || W4|-style=background:#fbb| 114 || August 10 || 7:35p.m. CDT || Tigers || 4–5 || López (10–0) || Beckwith (5–3) || Hernández (25) || 2:54 || 32,181 || 56–58 || L1|-style=background:#fbb| 115 || August 11 || 7:35p.m. CDT || Tigers || 5–9 || Morris (15–8) || Leibrandt (6–5) || López (12) || 2:42 || 40,501 || 56–59 || L2|-style=background:#fbb| 116 || August 12 || 1:35p.m. CDT || Tigers || 4–8 || Wilcox (12–7) || Saberhagen (6–9) || – || 2:47 || 32,753 || 56–60 || L3|-|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Postseason Game log

|-style=background:#fbb| 1 || October 2 || 7:35p.m. CDT || Tigers || 1–8 || Morris (1–0) || Black (0–1) || – || 2:42 || 41,973 || 0–1 || L1|-style=background:#fbb| 2 || October 3 || 7:25p.m. CDT || Tigers || 3–5 || López (1–0) || Quisenberry (0–1) || – || 3:37 || 42,019 || 0–2 || L2|-style=background:#fbb| 3 || October 5 || 7:25p.m. CDT || @ Tigers || 0–1 || Wilcox (1–0) || Leibrandt (0–1) || Hernández (1) || 2:39 || 52,168 || 0–3 || L3|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	124	409	108	.264	4	42
1B	126	438	107	.244	28	77
2B	129	479	130	.271	17	56
SS	90	287	81	.282	1	23
3B	104	377	107	.284	13	69
LF	146	522	148	.284	15	70
CF	128	541	163	.301	2	44
RF	138	481	136	.283	8	53
DH	106	317	96	.303	3	42

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
122	403	120	.298	9	50
123	270	71	.263	4	25
78	235	60	.255	5	30
97	171	31	.181	2	10
63	170	38	.224	1	10
66	134	26	.194	2	9
41	116	17	.147	2	12
47	103	31	.301	1	10
28	45	10	.222	0	3
9	13	2	.154	0	0
10	10	1	.100	0	2
11	9	3	.333	0	1
4	6	0	.000	0	0
4	5	1	.200	0	1
2	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	257.0	17	12	3.12	140
29	189.0	10	14	4.05	111
31	168.2	12	9	5.18	68
23	143.2	11	7	3.63	53

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
38	157.2	10	11	3.48	73
23	81.0	2	3	4.89	43
15	76.0	2	6	4.26	40
10	37.0	2	3	5.11	21
12	28.0	1	3	7.71	4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
72	6	3	44	2.64	41
49	8	4	2	3.40	75
13	2	1	0	5.58	20

ALCS

See main article: article and 1984 American League Championship Series.

Game 1

October 2, Royals Stadium

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Detroit	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	8	14	0
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	1
W: Jack Morris (1-0) L: Bud Black (0-1)
HRs: DET – Larry Herndon (1) Alan Trammell (1) Lance Parrish (1)

Game 2

October 3, Royals Stadium

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Detroit	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	8	1
Kansas City	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	10	3
W: Aurelio López (1-0) L: Dan Quisenberry (0-1)
HRs: DET – Kirk Gibson (1)

Game 3

October 5, Tiger Stadium

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Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Detroit	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	3	0
W: Milt Wilcox (1-0) L: Charlie Leibrandt (0-1) S:Willie Hernández (1)
HRs: None

Farm system

References

Bibliography

Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.

External links

1984 Kansas City Royals team at Baseball-Reference
1984 Kansas City Royals team at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rasmuer01.shtml Eric Rasmussen
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/balbost01.shtml Steve Balboni
Web site: Joe Beckwith Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
http: Steve Carter was//www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartest01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hargeal01.shtml Alan Hargesheimer
Web site: Baseball Almanac - Box Score of 500th Home Run by Reggie Jackson. www.baseball-almanac.com.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/i/iorgda01.shtml Dane Iorg